The following independent consultants and small companies offer skills that complement our own. They also allow us to take on larger projects or respond more effectively during busy times.
Marinell Rousmaniere brings expertise in youth development program and policy and multi-sector partnerships to benefit young people. For five years she served as the Executive Director of MYTOWN, a nationally recognized youth development organization focused on connecting Boston teens to local history. Her work with Mayor Menino’s 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative, Boston After School and Beyond and Success Boston College Completion Initiative have enabled her to cultivate the relationships and skills to understand, navigate and find common ground among diverse players including the City of Boston, Boston Public Schools, community-based organizations and philanthropic entities. Through these experiences she has developed skills in program design and development, fundraising and fiscal management, and project management. She holds an MBA in public and nonprofit management from Boston University and a BA from Connecticut College.
Jennifer Freeman is an independent consultant with 15 years of management, public policy, and program development experience in the government and not-for-profit sectors. She has particular expertise in workforce development, child and family services, early education, and housing. Her recent clients have included Jobs for the Future, The Boston Foundation, Partners Healthcare and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Department of Workforce Development. She has a Masters of Public Affairs from the McCormack Institute, University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Christine Lamas Weinberg has over a decade of experience working with not-for-profit organizations and corporations, and has spent the last five years working on strategic grantmaking, research, and project management and evaluation for major foundations in Boston. Previously, Christine worked with New England Foundation for the Arts and Philanthropic Advisors, LLC., where she managed projects in arts education, cultural diversity, public art, and international affairs. Most recently, Christine has served as the Project Manager for the Barr Foundation’s Culture for Change Pilot Project that encourages social change, enhanced creative skills and self-expression for a diverse groups of teens in Boston. Christine holds a B.S. in Communications and Journalism from the University of Lima, Peru and a M.S. in Arts Administration from Boston University.
Mignon C. Duffy is Assistant Professor of Sociology the University of Massachusetts Lowell and an independent researcher. As a researcher, she specializes in quantitative and qualitative research design, analysis, and report writing. She has been involved in both evaluation and policy research for the not-for-profit sector in Boston, with a particular emphasis on working in educational settings, including after-school programming and college access for urban students. She has worked on projects for Boston’s After-School for All Partnership, the Steppingstone Foundation, GearUp Boston, the Alternative Education Alliance, and Management Consulting Services.
Emily Ullman is an independent teaching consultant, working in education and not-for–profit settings throughout Boston. Teaching Theater for Social Change, the Performance of Literature and Communications she works to develop strategies for widespread transformation through the arts. Most recently she co-developed the Paper Picker Press Creative Literacy Program with Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University, and coordinated summer arts programming at Project Hip Hop in Roxbury. She also teaches at Wentworth Institute of Technology and Emerson College. Before moving back to Boston, Emily Graduated from Eastern Michigan University (EMU) with her Masters in Communications/Performance Studies, and went on to teach full time at EMU while directing Collaborative Performance Institutes for teenagers in Detroit.
Piper LaGrelius is an independent consultant with a background in elementary classroom teaching and theater education. She is particularly interested in arts-integration professional development, curriculum and strategies for educators, administrators and artists in residence. Her recent clients include the Palo Alto Unified School district and TheatreWorks. She has also served as the managing director of a non-profit children’s theater company in Ann Arbor, MI. She holds a Masters in Elementary Education from the University of Michigan, and a Masters in Arts-in-Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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The following independent consultants and small companies offer skills that complement our own. They also allow us to take on larger projects or respond more effectively during busy times.
Marinell Rousmaniere brings expertise in youth development program and policy and multi-sector partnerships to benefit young people. For five years she served as the Executive Director of MYTOWN, a nationally recognized youth development organization focused on connecting Boston teens to local history. Her work with Mayor Menino’s 2:00-to-6:00 After-School Initiative, Boston After School and Beyond and Success Boston College Completion Initiative have enabled her to cultivate the relationships and skills to understand, navigate and find common ground among diverse players including the City of Boston, Boston Public Schools, community-based organizations and philanthropic entities. Through these experiences she has developed skills in program design and development, fundraising and fiscal management, and project management. She holds an MBA in public and nonprofit management from Boston University and a BA from Connecticut College.
Jennifer Freeman is an independent consultant with 15 years of management, public policy, and program development experience in the government and not-for-profit sectors. She has particular expertise in workforce development, child and family services, early education, and housing. Her recent clients have included Jobs for the Future, The Boston Foundation, Partners Healthcare and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Department of Workforce Development. She has a Masters of Public Affairs from the McCormack Institute, University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Christine Lamas Weinberg has over a decade of experience working with not-for-profit organizations and corporations, and has spent the last five years working on strategic grantmaking, research, and project management and evaluation for major foundations in Boston. Previously, Christine worked with New England Foundation for the Arts and Philanthropic Advisors, LLC., where she managed projects in arts education, cultural diversity, public art, and international affairs. Most recently, Christine has served as the Project Manager for the Barr Foundation’s Culture for Change Pilot Project that encourages social change, enhanced creative skills and self-expression for a diverse groups of teens in Boston. Christine holds a B.S. in Communications and Journalism from the University of Lima, Peru and a M.S. in Arts Administration from Boston University.
Mignon C. Duffy is Assistant Professor of Sociology the University of Massachusetts Lowell and an independent researcher. As a researcher, she specializes in quantitative and qualitative research design, analysis, and report writing. She has been involved in both evaluation and policy research for the not-for-profit sector in Boston, with a particular emphasis on working in educational settings, including after-school programming and college access for urban students. She has worked on projects for Boston’s After-School for All Partnership, the Steppingstone Foundation, GearUp Boston, the Alternative Education Alliance, and Management Consulting Services.
Emily Ullman is an independent teaching consultant, working in education and not-for–profit settings throughout Boston. Teaching Theater for Social Change, the Performance of Literature and Communications she works to develop strategies for widespread transformation through the arts. Most recently she co-developed the Paper Picker Press Creative Literacy Program with Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University, and coordinated summer arts programming at Project Hip Hop in Roxbury. She also teaches at Wentworth Institute of Technology and Emerson College. Before moving back to Boston, Emily Graduated from Eastern Michigan University (EMU) with her Masters in Communications/Performance Studies, and went on to teach full time at EMU while directing Collaborative Performance Institutes for teenagers in Detroit.
Piper LaGrelius is an independent consultant with a background in elementary classroom teaching and theater education. She is particularly interested in arts-integration professional development, curriculum and strategies for educators, administrators and artists in residence. Her recent clients include the Palo Alto Unified School district and TheatreWorks. She has also served as the managing director of a non-profit children’s theater company in Ann Arbor, MI. She holds a Masters in Elementary Education from the University of Michigan, and a Masters in Arts-in-Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.